The coastal village of Hooper Bay, located in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, has spent over $43,000 to purchase hundreds of generators for its tribal members. Village leaders say it’s an investment to prepare for emergencies and preserve vital subsistence foods when the power goes out.

The change to the University of Alaska program follows President Trump’s directives aimed at getting rid of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

When Typhoon Merbok inundated the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in 2022, communities launched into emergency management, and later, the months of recovery that followed. This week, leaders from 13 impacted communities are gathered in Bethel to reflect on the typhoon and build disaster and recovery preparedness.

Kwethluk musher Solomon Olick was the 15th finisher of the Bogus Creek 150 sled dog race and the recipient of the Red Lantern Award.

The wide-open sky and super-flat tundra expanses of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta might not immediately seem connected to elite skiing, but training on the Kuskokwim River led one Bethel man to a podium finish in a unique world championship event.

With seconds to go, Warriors senior George Lee came up with an offensive rebound putback that brought the Warriors to victory.

Officials with the U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) told state and federal officials last month that they would be interested in expanding military access on Adak Island. The announcement was made during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Feb. 13, after Sen. Dan Sullivan pressed federal officials to strengthen military presence in Alaska.

The road would give King Cove residents access to potentially life-saving medical care, but it could threaten key subsistence species and create a dangerous precedent.

The U.S. Coast Guard removed a crewmember from a Norwegian cargo vessel roughly 240 nautical miles southwest of Unalaska Wednesday.A rescue coordination center in Norway contacted the Coast Guard around 7 p.m. Tuesday, requesting a medical evacuation of a sick crewmember on board the Fermita.

Earlier this month, commercial snow crabs started hitting Unalaska’s docks again, for the first time in nearly three years. The Bering Sea snow crab fishery reopened in mid-October, after billions of the crab disappeared and the fishery was shut down in October 2022. This season’s first catch was delivered on Jan. 15. Opilio, or snow crab, is generally fished in the new year and into the early spring. The season runs through the end of May.